.A/N. YAAYYYY! Chapter TWO!
"Hello…..Darren. I am Whisper." She stuck out her hand, but cautiously, as if she was expecting Darren to grab her and chop her (rather lovely) head off. Darren took her hand, and he felt her wince as soon as his hand touched hers. She looked up, straight into his eyes and he felt…. Melted, like she had analyzed him in one glance.
Extremely unnerved, he quickly dropped his hand. If she was going to stick around, He needed to find out (somehow) what it was about her that made him feel so weird.
Weird. She was just…weird. Whisper had been accompanying the "gang" on their daily tasks for the past few hours. She seemed normal altogether, but Darren kept getting the feeling that she just wasn't…right somehow.
"He sounds like he's at a good cause to me. A bit pointless and hopeless, yes, but still a good cause." Whisper stated pensively. She and Evra had been heatedly discussing RV and his group of environmental warriors.
"I don't like him all that much," Evra shot back, "He's smelly and desperately needs a bath or a shower, or a toothbrush or SOMETHING…"
"Yeah, because you're someone so much for hygiene, you pick your nose with your tongue!" Whisper countered. Evra and Whisper bickered a lot, but it was obvious that they had taken a liking to each other.
"Hey, you two, could you possibly take a moment to acknowledge the fact that Darren's gone?" Sam said, annoyed. It was indeed true that Darren was gone. He had, in fact, gone straight to Mr. Crepsley's van to tell him about this new, strange girl.
After a long discussion……………………………………………
"I would not worry about her," said Mr. Crepsley, "From the way you described her, she seems harmless. You probably just have a crush on her." He finished with a smirk.
"I DO NOT have a crush on her! She's CREEPY!" Darren screeched. He was absolutely appalled that someone could even GET an idea like that.
"It seems that you do, my young apprentice, being that you are getting do defensive about it." He stated wryly.
"But- "
"NO. Do not argue with me any longer. I must get to bed, so get out of my van unless you wish for some reason or other to do the show alone tonight with Madam Octa. Gods know that you would, being that you were so anxious to handle her when you stole her from me not too long ago…" He said with an unconvincing yawn.
"Fine, fine, I'll leave, but I'm still weirded out." Darren replied. When he didn't get an answer, he turned around and walked out the door.
"Oh, THERE you are Darren! Where did you get off to?" Evra inquired.
"I was…um…er… Visiting…Madam Octa." Said Darren uneasily, quickly making up a lie.
"Huh. Well we're going off to the pond by that prickly thicket, are you coming?" Piped up Sam.
"Uh…sure. I'm not swimming though. What's Evra supposed to do at a pond anyway?"
"I'm bringing my snake. I haven't played with her in a while." Said Evra.
"Oh… um… I'm not going," Whisper said quickly. Darren had completely forgotten that she was there. "I um…have to go." And off she dashed.
How strange, thought Darren.
"Weird. Well, I'm gonna go. I'll see you two there." Said Sam, turning to leave.
"Wait, Sam! I need to ask you something!" Darren shouted after him, but he was already out of earshot. "Crap." He finished.
"I'm gonna go grab my snake. See ya, Darren." Said Evra, walking away towards their tent.
And so Darren was left alone, very puzzled. He thought that maybe Sam did know something strange about Whisper, and was avoiding him. He dismissed any thoughts of Whisper, shook his head, and headed off towards the pond, where Sam was waiting.
A/N Okey dokey there's chapter two, but I have to warn you, I'm having serious writer's block, so I guess I will actually have to write out a plot-line after all, I thought I could get away with not doing that part.